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Bug 420090 - Tilde is not a select-by-word character by default
Tilde is not a select-by-word character by default
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.18.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-03-19 12:24 UTC by Sven Arvidsson
Modified: 2008-10-13 18:53 UTC
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Description Sven Arvidsson 2007-03-19 12:24:18 UTC 
This bug was filed in the Debian BTS.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304681

"When you double-click to select by word, ~ is not part of the word by default.  It seems to work better for selecting URLs and pathnames when ~ counts as part of the word."
Comment 1 Christian Persch 2008-10-13 18:53:00 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.